Stalin flays Vijay over custodial deaths Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday criticised chief minister C Joseph Vijay for remaining silent on alleged custodial deaths in Tamil Nadu and asked when he would “open his mouth” on the issue.In a post on X, Stalin accused the TVK govt of refusing to accept accountability…
The Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings before the Allahabad High Court in a long-pending public interest litigation (PIL) relating to the alleged custodial death of a physically disabled man in Mainpuri in 2009, agreeing to examine a high court order that directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to recover missing video evidence while…
Chennai/Trichy: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday said the party did not depend on any individual and was not concerned about those who switched loyalties for power. He described AIADMK as a movement built on the trust of its loyal cadre and urged partymen to “teach betrayers a lesson”.Palaniswami was speaking at a…
The deceased, identified as (C) Sabarivarman, was a resident of the Nagercoil area CHENNAI: A 34-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly selling tobacco products and remanded to judicial custody has died in prison in Tamil Nadu‘s Kanniyakumari district, triggering protests by his family, who have alleged custodial assault.The deceased, identified as Sabarivarman, was a…
Patna: Tension gripped Arwal district on Tuesday after a 45-year-old man, who had been apprehended by the excise department on allegations of consuming alcohol, died while in custody at the Arwal excise police station. The incident triggered protests by his family and local residents, who accused police personnel of assaulting him inside the lockup and…
The complaint pertains to the death of undertrial prisoner Rankit alias Ritik inside a washroom of the hospital located within the jail premises Gurgaon: Haryana Human Rights Commission on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the death of an undertrial prisoner in judicial custody at Neemka district jail in Faridabad. It directed the Haryana prisons department…
. The accused in the murder of a minor girl in Suryapur Baruipur are being taken to Court —- TOI Kolkata: Prabhas Mondal, 38, the first of the four men arrested in the Baruipur minor rape-and-murder case before being shot dead in the wee hours of Wednesday, was always flirting with the wrong side of…
Kolkata: Police on Tuesday gunned down one of the four accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case after he allegedly snatched one of their guns and fired at them. Prabash Mondal was shot at 12.45am, about 30 metres from the scene of the grisly crime in the Suryapur neighbourhood of Baruipur, when he was taken there…
State cannot escape liability for a custodial death even if the death is by suicide by pleading lack of direct culpability or relying on statutory schemes, the Delhi high court has held, while awarding ₹18.44 lakh as compensation to the father of a 19-year-old man who died by suicide in police custody in 2018. The…
The custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada has provided the Opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) an opportunity to tap into growing discontent among sections of the Kapu community, who are already upset over Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan’s perceived indifference to their concerns. Sai Krishna death fuels Kapu churn,…
